the intimate revelations of young men, or at least the terms in which …

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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the intimate revelations of young men, or at least the terms in which they express them, are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions. ✨ The Great Gatsby ch. 1 (1925)
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I am too much a moralist at heart, and really want to preach at people in some acceptable form, rather than entertain them. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2009). The Crack-Up, p.305, New Directions Publishing
Life is so damned hard, so damned hard... It just hurts people and hurts people, until finally it hurts them so that they can't be hurt ever any more. That's the last and worst thing it does. ✨ F. Sc … ▶
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the intimate revelations of young men, or at least the terms in which they express them, are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions. ✨ The Great Gatsby ch. 1 (1925)

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